WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in partnership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, will release Season 5 of the video podcast Awkward Conversations on September 24, 2025. The unscripted Season 5 of Awkward Conversations is once again hosted by Jodie Sweetin (Full House, Fuller House...

OMAHA, Neb. –The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Field Division hosted its fourth annual Family Summit at the University of Nebraska-Omaha Thompson Alumni Center today, focusing conversations on the impact of fentanyl and other drugs on tribal communities while also integrating indigenous healing practices into the agenda. Fifteen tribes were...

MINNEAPOLIS –The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division is encouraging families to make conversations about the potentially lethal consequences of drug experimentation and the threat posed by drug dealers on social media part of a routine check-in that takes place several times a year. In the first seven months of...

WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one to fentanyl or other illicit...

ST. LOUIS – As students across Missouri return to school, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Division is encouraging families to have open conversations about the potentially lethal consequences of drug experimentation and the threat posed by drug dealers on social media. In the first seven months of 2025...

BOSTON – A Worcester psychiatrist has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally prescribing controlled substances. Mohamad Och, 69, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to four years of probation and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine. In November 2023, Och was convicted following...

Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KRISTEN CAROTENUTO, 35, of Pelham, New York, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to five months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with vials...

SOUTHBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SEAN FALZARANO, 39, of Southbury, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 16 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for tampering with and stealing...

Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that ARMAND NTCHANA and his various entities have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and agreed to pay more than $600,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal...

OMAHA, Nebraska – As students across the state prepare to return to school, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division is encouraging families to have open conversations about the potentially lethal consequences of drug experimentation and the threat posed by drug dealers on social media. In Nebraska, DEA has seized...